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Monday 25th May 2020
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Mental Health Awareness Week: mindful habits we’ve formed in lockdown

This year’s Mental Health Awareness week theme is kindness and it got me thinking about how we can be kind to each other and ourselves during this time of crisis. Working from home has been a very strange time for everyone, some people have adapted very well and others are finding it harder, which is…

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Emma Leaven & “The new normal”

Steve Bee and Dave Snashall return with Emma Leaven’s very particular, and very relatable, take on world events. This week: “the new normal.” Click “View Gallery” on the image above to see the full comic strip.

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I got through lockdown by becoming an affordable DIY aficionado

Clinical researcher Ali Turner put to work her skills in academia in order to track down the best deals and ideas to complete a series of lockdown DIY projects on a budget. Everyone you speak to has a different way to cope with lockdown (or smackdown, as comedian Tom Allen calls it on his daily…

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LISTEN: Petrol, Pret coffee and AirBnB prices hikes

LISTEN: Mouthy Money co-editor Edmund Greaves appears on talkRADIO to discuss petrol price drops, AirBnB price hikes after coronavirus, lockdown savings habits and where you can buy Pret coffee online. With thanks to talkRADIO

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I used the lockdown to blow an £1,800-shaped hole in my debts

I have a confession to make. I’m a financial journalist who has not always practiced what he preaches. Over the past decade, I have written countless articles urging people to shop around for better savings deals, switch energy providers or simply set a budget. And yes, I have done a great deal of those myself.…

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Clare Lawrence

Clare Lawrence

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Clare Lawrence, nicknamed 'Coupon Clare' at college, lives mostly in Cornwall. Proud mum to Gregory, she'll stop at nothing in her quest to save cash!

Hayley Millhouse

Hayley Millhouse

Head of advisory services for Open Money, Hayley champions making advice affordable and accessible for everyone.

Joseph Seager

Joseph Seager

This Thrifty Chap is a frugal Yorkshire boy, now living in Lancashire. Tweeting and blogging to help you save a bit of cash here and there. Average photographer. Aspiring superhero.

Leanne Franklin

Leanne Franklin

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West Midlands lass blogging her way through newfound motherhood and trying to get on the housing ladder in the smoothest way possible. Leanne also writes for ‘Money and the Mum’.

Maddy Sutherland

Maddy Sutherland

Maddy is a freelance illustrator who lives in Glasgow. She's recently graduated and is working hard to make ends meet. Self-employed? Read Maddy's experiences here.

Nadia Nadif

Nadia Nadif

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Nadia works as an actress. She also teaches acting and storytelling to adults at City Academy and is an associate for National Youth Theatre, directing young people and leading inclusivity training.

Holly Thomas

Holly Thomas

Holly Thomas is an award-winning financial journalist and former Deputy Personal Finance Editor at The Sunday Times. She writes across all areas of personal finance and consumer issues, specialising in investments, mortgages and property. Previously she worked at the Daily Express and Sunday Express as Money editor and also at Financial Times Business. Holly was voted Freelance Journalist of the Year at the HeadlineMoney Awards in 2016. Her work can be seen in national press including The Times, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail.

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“Huel be surprised how well it works”

A couple of years ago, I started noticing advertisements for a ‘meal substitute’, appealingly named Huel. At first I didn’t think much of it; plenty of people get offended by advertisements popping up on their social media feeds, apparently unaware that this is par for the course with any product or service purporting to be…

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